“I mean an 87 per cent change of developing breast cancer is a big ‘maybe’ and for her to go to such extreme measures beforehand is something, and I asked myself today, ‘would I do that?’ To ensure time with my daughter and loved ones, I would do the same.”

Jeneva Joline John, who is now 9, was named after her paternal grandmother Geneva.

The triple Js are on purpose — with mom Julie and dad Jimmy John (who at one time was known as JJ).

“My mother-in-law passed away two years before our daughter was born, and we were going through names, trying to pick a name that starts with a J ... I thought his mother’s name sounded nice, but it started with the G, so we changed it to a J.”

Jimmy was extremely close to his mom, and “every year on the anniversary of her passing, he lights a candle.”

Everyone in his family was touched by the gesture, and Julie’s relatives were as well.

“My mother loved it, she said it’s different, and my sister said that as well. You don’t hear of many Jeneva’s, and Geneva is a beautiful city as well.”

Jeneva was born at Women’s College Hospital in November 2003.

Family members “pronounce it right, but of course everybody spells it with a G,” says Julie. “Up until a few years ago, they sent birthday and Christmas cards with it spelled with a G.”

It was only last year that she corrected their mistake.

“They were doing it for years,” she adds. “I thought it was impolite to correct it.”

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